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Secretariat follows the cases: cybercrime busts, scam-compound takedowns, arrests, and enforcement actions, from Indian state cyber cells to the betting and trafficking networks of Southeast Asia.
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Case Study for Cyber Police on Website and Domain Investigation
A case study based on in-depth investigation related to 'consultancy firm' based espionage case where website / domains were used for recruitment.
Binance LERS Portal: Police & Government Data Request Guide
How authorised police and government officials request data from Binance: the global Government Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) via Kodex, what to submit, and how India routes Binance requests through the I4C Sahyog Portal.
US moves to seize 13 websites tied to alleged Chinese scheme paying American insiders for intelligence
Article is based on federal domain-name seizure warrant — filed in Washington, D.C.
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — Provincial Authorities Report Massive Two-Year Sweep Against Online Scam Centers
Massive seizure of desktop computers (16,911), Laptops (406), Mobile phones (40,852) from scam compounds by Cambodia.
36,000 Indian SIMs. One Country. ₹100 Crore Stolen.
How a Malaysian fraudster used legally-made Indian SIM cards to run scams from Cambodia — and what India and the world can learn.
Mumbai Police Uncover Novel Credit Card Laundering Method in ₹5.45 Lakh Cyber Fraud; Two Jharkhand Men Arrested
Cuffe Parade Police Station cracks case involving fake gas agency APK scam and misuse of credit cards to obscure money trail
TikTok Law Enforcement Data Request: Police & Government Guide
Step-by-step guide to TikTok's Law Enforcement Data Request portal: how authorised police and government officials file preservation, records and emergency disclosure requests, what legal process each data type needs, and why Indian agencies must route via MLAT.
Suggestions from China's Deepseek for securing India's Online Exams
"Kendriya Pariksha Kendras” & "National Secure Exam Platform (NSEP)" are the most significant suggestions
Two Bans Every Second: WhatsApp's India-Only Ledger of Abuse — and the Silence Everywhere Else
In April 2026 alone, WhatsApp shut down nearly 5.5 million Indian accounts. The report that disclosed it exists because of a single country's law. The bigger story is why no other country gets one.
Fake Telegram based "Paper Leak" Scam bused by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force
Police say suspect tricked nursing-exam aspirants in several states by promising leaked question papers on Telegram and charging about ₹2,000 each. Owing to such wide scale abuse of Telegram, India ranks first in data disclosure request from Telegram, with 2734 request sent in Q1 itself.
Platforms as vectors of Discord: How Social Media Intermediaries Enabled Foreign-Sown Anti-Indian Narratives in Singapore
Singapore has taken swift action under the Online Criminal Harms Act, ordering YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 posts that spread nativist and xenophobic narratives targeting the Indian community. Investigations revealed the content originated from a China-based platform before being amplified across global social media, falsely claiming that Singapore’s multiracial model is a façade and that stability depends on its ethnic Chinese majority. The posts used derogatory imagery of India
What Is LERS? Law-Enforcement Response Systems, Explained
LERS stands for Law Enforcement Response (or Request) System — the online portals where verified police submit data requests to WhatsApp, Google, Meta, Apple and more. How they work.